The Federal Government has dismissed claims that the Third Mainland Bridge is shaking, describing the rumours as baseless and the work of mischief makers.

In a publication cited on the News Agency of Nigeria, messages circulating on social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook suggest that a part of the Third Mainland Bridge has opened up and that the bridge is shaking.

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukorede Kesha, refuted these claims on Thursday, January 16, 2025, stating that the bridge is safe and intact.

During a tour of the bridge with the press, Kesha said, “The honourable minister has directed that I come out and tell Lagosians and Nigerians that there is nothing wrong with the bridge.

The rumour is the handiwork of mischief columnists – those who are idle and those who think that the political atmosphere is too quiet for them.

That is why we have come here. I took time with you people (journalists) to go through the entire length of the 11km bridge.

We drove round this, we came back and we saw that there is nothing amiss.

We are using this opportunity to tell the motoring public, Lagosians and all Nigerians that the bridge is safe, the integrity is not in doubt.

After all, it is the same bridge that we ply, Lagosians ply and the ministry’s officials ply,” Kesha said.